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Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

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QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

business activities contain elements of market risk.

QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT

Our business activities contain

elements of market risk.

We consider our principal market risk to be the fluctuation in interest rates.

Managing this risk is essential to our business.

Accordingly, we have systems and procedures designed to identify and analyze our

risks, to establish appropriate policies and thresholds and to continually monitor this risk and thresholds by means of

administrative and information technology systems and other policies and processes.

Managing this risk is

essential to our business.

Accordingly, we have systems and procedures designed to identify and analyze our risks, to establish

appropriate policies and thresholds and to continually monitor this risk and thresholds by means of administrative and information

technology systems and other policies and processes.

In addition, U.S.

and global capital markets and

credit markets have experienced a higher level of stress due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, which has resulted in an increase in

the level of volatility across such markets and a general decline in value of the securities held by us.

rate risk is defined as the sensitivity of our current and future earnings to interest rate volatility, including relative changes in

different interest rates, variability of spread relationships, the difference in re-pricing intervals between our assets and liabilities

and the effect that interest rates may have on our cash flows.

Changes in the general level of interest rates can affect our net interest

income, which is the difference between the interest income earned on interest earning assets and our interest expense incurred in connection

with our interest-bearing debt and liabilities.

Changes in interest rates can also affect, among other things, our ability to acquire

leveraged loans, high yield bonds and other debt investments and the value of our investment portfolio.

investment income is affected by fluctuations in various interest rates, including LIBOR and the prime rate.

A large portion of our portfolio

is, and we expect will continue to be, comprised of floating rate investments that utilize LIBOR.

In connection with the COVID-19 pandemic,

Federal Reserve and other central banks have reduced certain interest rates and LIBOR has decreased.

A prolonged reduction in

interest rates will reduce our gross investment income and could result in a decrease in our net investment income if such decreases

in LIBOR are not offset by a corresponding increase in the spread over LIBOR that we earn on any portfolio investments, a decrease in

in our operating expenses, including with respect to our income incentive fee, or a decrease in the interest rate of our floating interest

rate liabilities tied to LIBOR.

and global capital markets and credit markets have

experienced a higher level of stress due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, which has resulted in an increase in the level of

volatility across such markets and a general decline in value of the securities held by us.

Interest rate risk is defined as the

sensitivity of our current and future earnings to interest rate volatility, including relative changes in different interest rates, variability

of spread relationships, the difference in re-pricing intervals between our assets and liabilities and the effect that interest rates

may have on our cash flows.

Changes in the general level of interest rates can affect our net interest income, which is the difference

between the interest income earned on interest earning assets and our interest expense incurred in connection with our interest-bearing

debt and liabilities.

Changes in interest rates can also affect, among other things, our ability to acquire leveraged loans, high yield

bonds and other debt investments and the value of our investment portfolio.

Our investment income is affected

by fluctuations in various interest rates, including LIBOR and the prime rate.

Substantially all of our portfolio is, and we expect will

continue to be, comprised of floating rate investments that utilize LIBOR.

In connection with the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S.

Reserve and other central banks have reduced certain interest rates and LIBOR has decreased.

A prolonged reduction in interest rates will

reduce our gross investment income and could result in a decrease in our net investment income if such decreases in LIBOR are not offset

by a corresponding increase in the spread over LIBOR that we earn on any portfolio investments, a decrease in in our operating expenses,

including with respect to our income incentive fee, or a decrease in the interest rate of our floating interest rate liabilities tied

Our interest expense is affected by fluctuations in LIBOR only on our revolving credit facility.

28, 2021, we had $281.0 million of borrowings outstanding.

There were no borrowings outstanding under the revolving credit facility as

of February 28, 2021.

have analyzed the potential impact of changes in interest rates on interest income from investments.

Assuming that our investments as

of February 28, 2021 were to remain constant for a full fiscal year and no actions were taken to alter the existing interest rate terms,

a hypothetical change of a 1.0% increase in interest rates would cause a corresponding increase of approximately $0.5 million to our

interest income.

Conversely, a hypothetical change of a 1.0% decrease in interest rates would cause a corresponding decrease of approximately

$0.03 million to our interest income.

in interest rates would have no impact to our current interest and debt financing expense, as all our borrowings except for our credit

facility are fixed rate, and our credit facility is currently undrawn.

management believes that this measure is indicative of our sensitivity to interest rate changes, it does not adjust for potential changes

in credit quality, size and composition of the assets on the statements of assets and liabilities and other business developments that

could magnify or diminish our sensitivity to interest rate changes, nor does it account for divergences in LIBOR and the commercial paper

rate, which have historically moved in tandem but, in times of unusual credit dislocations, have experienced periods of divergence.

no assurances can be given that actual results would not materially differ from the potential outcome simulated by this estimate.

further information, the following table shows the approximate annualized increase or decrease in the components of net investment income

due to hypothetical base rate changes in interest rates, assuming no changes in our investments and borrowings as of February 28,

In addition, substantially

all of our assets and our Encina Credit Facility have LIBOR transition language to include the use of an acceptable replacement rate,

such as SOFR.

At February 28, 2022, we had $498.1 million of borrowings outstanding.

There were $12.5 million borrowings outstanding under

the revolving credit facility as of February 28, 2022.

We have analyzed the potential impact

of changes in interest rates on interest income from investments.

Assuming that our investments as of February 28, 2022 were to remain

constant for a full fiscal year and no actions were taken to alter the existing interest rate terms, a hypothetical change of a 1.0% increase

in interest rates would cause a corresponding increase of approximately $2.5 million to our interest income.

Conversely, a hypothetical

change of a 1.0% decrease in interest rates would cause a corresponding decrease of approximately $0.03 million to our interest income.

Changes in interest rates would have no impact

to our current interest and debt financing expense, as all our borrowings except for our credit facility are fixed rate, and our credit

facility is currently undrawn.

Although management believes that

this measure is indicative of our sensitivity to interest rate changes, it does not adjust for potential changes in credit quality, size

and composition of the assets on the statements of assets and liabilities and other business developments that could magnify or diminish

our sensitivity to interest rate changes, nor does it account for divergences in LIBOR and the commercial paper rate, which have historically

moved in tandem but, in times of unusual credit dislocations, have experienced periods of divergence.

Accordingly, no assurances can be

given that actual results would not materially differ from the potential outcome simulated by this estimate.

For further information, the following

table shows the approximate annualized increase or decrease in the components of net investment income due to hypothetical base rate changes

in interest rates, assuming no changes in our investments and borrowings as of February 28, 2022.

(Decrease) in Net

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($ in thousands)

table above assumes no defaults or prepayments by portfolio companies over the next twelve months.

The hypothetical results would also

be impacted by the changes in the amount of debt outstanding under our Credit Facility, with an increase (decrease) in the debt outstanding

under the Credit Facility resulting in an (increase) decrease in the hypothetical interest expense.

CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

consolidated financial statements are annexed to this Annual Report beginning on page F-1.

In addition, the Financial Statements of Saratoga

Investment Corp.

CLO 2013-1, Ltd.

The table above assumes no defaults

or prepayments by portfolio companies over the next twelve months.

The hypothetical results would also be impacted by the changes in the

amount of debt outstanding under our Credit Facility, with an increase (decrease) in the debt outstanding under the Encina Credit Facility

resulting in an (increase) decrease in the hypothetical interest expense.

CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY

Our consolidated financial statements

are annexed to this Annual Report beginning on page F-1.

In addition, the Financial Statements of Saratoga Investment Corp.

are annexed to this Annual Report beginning on page S-1.

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Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk